Panya Tang
Panya Tang
  • Height:
    5'4"
  • Year:
    2022
  • Hometown:
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • High School:
    Victoria Park Collegiate Institute
  • Position:
    Epee
  • Major:
    Economics

Bio

2019-2020: Finished the season with a 18-22 record as a sophomore...went 8-3 to start the season at the LIU Invitational with a 3-0 win over Hunter...went 10-1 to take 2nd in Pool C at NEIFC Championships...tied for 3rd place at NEIFC Championships and made it to the semifinals...placed 40th at NCAA Northeast Regional Championships.

2018-19: Scored 34-12 overall as a first-year...went  8-2 at the LIU Post Invitational to help the Blue to an undefeated 7-0 performance...went 6-1 at the Vassar Invitational...posted 5-2 at the first Northeast Fencing Conference Meet of the season...scored 2 wins against Tufts, helping the team defeat Tufts 17-10 at Harvard...went 2-0 at the opening six bouts against Brandeis, leading the epee squad to a victory at the first home meet of the season...scored 11-6 and went 3-0 against Tufts and UMass at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #3...finished 7th in the epee at the 2019 New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships, scoring 7-2 with a +22 ratio...tied for 43rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

Before Wellesley: Attended Victoria Park Collegiate Institute... graduated in 2018... IB diploma recipient... provincial secretary of Future Business Leaders of America Ontario... competed in DECA all four years of high school... silver recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh Award... fenced at North York Fencing Club... earned C rating in 2017.

Personal: Daughter of Gloria Tong and George Tang... has one older sibling, Patrick, who lives in Boston... lived in Toronto, Canada her entire life... chose to attend Wellesley because of its strong academics, welcoming student body and the chance to participate in varsity fencing... loves squirrels and dogs... avid drinker of Tim Hortons beverages.